[mysterious music]
It makes no sense that our monastery is way out here.
How is this even possible?
Because this isn't our monastery.
Whoa.
From the outside, it looks exactly the same,
but in here, pretty different.
For real. As if someone liked your crumbly old monastery
so much they were like, "I'll have my own, please."
I mean, your nice monastery.
[Cole] If Mysterium is a land of magic,
could this be an illusion or something?
Scans confirm its solid existence.
Bonzle, the Sorceress created you here?
I mean, in roughly this spot,
but there was no building here then.
The Sorceress is probably long gone,
if she'd even remember or recognize me.
After the Merge,
I awoke inside a strange second monastery under Imperium,
something I have not yet been able to explain.
And now, we have a third monastery.
Hmm, puzzling.
Both of you, come! Look!
[Bonzle] A crack in the wall? So?
Long time ago, back in our monastery,
my teammate Jay and I got into a fight
because he was totally annoying and I was completely blameless.
[electricity surges]
-[gadget whooshes] -[wall cracks]
Anyway, during the fight, we broke the wall,
making a crack in the shape of a bowl of noodles.
[Zane] Cole and Jay thought it looked so delicious,
they got hungry, stopped the fight,
and went to Chen's Noodle House together.
That's the weirdest way to end a fight I've ever heard.
The point is that's the exact crack we made.
But how could this monastery
have the same cracks in the walls as our monastery?
I don't know, but it's making me hungry.
I wish that bonehead Jay was around.
Who knows where he ended up after the Merge?
[Sprite whirring]
You saw that too, right?
We have witnessed similar unexplained phenomena
at our monastery.
The post-Merge world has so many mysteries.
If only someone would arrive
and tell us everything we need to know.
Hi! Oh, you have no idea how glad I am
to set eyes on you.
Sprite told me you finally got here.
I am Gandalaria, the High Sorceress of Mysterium,
and I have awaited your coming for quite some time.
This will change everything!
♪ Lost in the unknown ♪
♪ So much to see ♪
♪ Together we will rise ♪
♪ We fight ♪
♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪
[explosion booms]
[intense music]
-[Arin grunting] -[columns crumbling]
[Arin] Ah!
[Arin pants, groans]
All right! Yeah!
Sorry, didn't mean to sneak up on you, Arin.
I'm just trying to practice Spinjitzu on my own.
And you're doing great!
Don't make fun of me, Sora.
You know I got demoted down to First Fang.
I'm not making fun of you.
You plowed right through those first two pillars.
I was trying to go through all three
with a proper Spinjitzu tornado, for once.
Your Spinjitzu's been great since I met you.
I mean, you can give Spinjitzu to inanimate objects.
No one can do that.
I can barely do that.
Stop being so hard on yourself.
The Blood Moon is coming! The whole world is at stake!
We're the only ones who can stop it,
and I need to be getting better at being a Ninja,
but I'm not.
[calm music]
I came here alone because I do not wish to be disturbed.
Yeah, me too.
Sometimes all those other Ninja can get on my nerves.
I mean, Kai's friends are all good people,
but I'm not used to being around humans all the time.
I was raised by dragons. Did you know that?
You may have mentioned it once or 12 times.
Yeah, so I fit in better with you and Rontu
than the Ninja, really.
Mm-hmm.
My family used to tell me stories.
I'm sure they were made up, but they were very good.
Some were about the two greatest dragon warriors
-that ever lived. -Is that so?
Yeah, these warriors were epic. Legendary.
They went to all the realms,
protecting everyone who couldn't protect themselves
whether they were dragons or not.
And the older dragon was the bravest warrior
anyone had ever seen.
Hmm, was he, now?
Yep. We even named the largest strongest mountain in our land
after him: Mount Egalt.
But those stories were probably all just fairy tales.
There was a time when those stories could have been true,
but that is long past.
Time runs out for everyone,
even once-great warriors.
I made you a stew from Janus Melons and Xoa Thorns.
It helps ease the pain of the Wasting Sickness.
[grunts] What are you talking about?
I lost some of my own dragon family to it.
I know it's a disease older dragons can get.
And what makes you believe I suffer from this ailment?
The black edges of your lost scales.
That only happens when the sickness is getting really bad.
This isn't a cure, but it makes the pain less painful.
I don't need any stew. I just need to be left alone.
Irritability is one of the symptoms of Wasting Sickness, too,
but that could also just be your personality.
Ha!
So, they named a mountain after me, huh?
Now, pay attention. This is very important.
I'll need 20 striped ones,
five red betties, and two extra-slimy.
I am sorry. We do not understand.
What? What's not to understand?
Oh, and do you have any with wings?
I could really use some with wings.
Some whats with wings?
Slugs, of course.
Aren't you the traveling slug merchants I've been waiting for?
Slug merchants?
But you said our arrival would change everything.
Uh, yeah!
I've been very low on rare magic ingredients
for, like, weeks now, and a really good set of slugs
would change all that.
Slugs are pretty cool, actually.
Perhaps, yet we have none to sell.
Ah, bummer. Well, what am I going to do now?
Would you all mind if I turn you into slugs?
We would mind that very, very much.
Are you sure?
Because you'd make really groovy slugs,
I can tell just by looking at...
[gasps] It's you!
My dearest! You've come home!
You... You recognize me? Even in my boney physical form?
Oh, I would know your true essence anywhere.
I was so afraid you wouldn't accept me for who I am now.
Are you kidding?
I put my heart, my soul into every spell I weave.
And even though spells usually fade away after use,
I always hoped you would be different--
the most complex spell I've ever woven,
and the first of my creations to ever come back to me!
Oh!
[Lloyd sips]
[sighs]
[Rontu sips, gulps]
So you're afraid these visions are holding you back
from progressing with your Rising Dragon training?
I'm just a bundle of nerves, stumbling around in a daze.
I'm even afraid to rest because more visions might come.
Why would that be a bad thing?
Because they're terrifying! I see evil things.
My friends in danger, it's awful.
I'm sure it is,
but these visions are also important warnings, right?
[sighs]
They are, but they're also tearing me apart.
Master Wu taught that when there is no calm outside of you,
you must find the calm inside,
but I have no calm inside of me anymore.
You held the power of a Source Dragon,
something no mortal was ever meant to do.
These possible futures are after-effects.
Possible futures?
Source Dragons experience time differently
than the rest of us.
They can see what came before
and the things that might come to be.
These visions you're having are like a fragment of that.
But how can I stop them?
You can't.
You can never force the motion of the universe
to bend to your will,
you can only find your place within its current.
But with careful meditation,
it's possible you can find harmony with these visions
so you no longer have to live in fear of them.
No. I need to stop them.
Because when they come on, I can't-- [shouts]
[eerie music]
But that will kill him!
[weapons clanging]
[explosion booms]
[yells] The Blood Moon!
It's so close! It's almost here!
Unless we stop him, Lord Ras is going to sacrifice someone,
and Cole and Zane are doomed!
Then time is of the essence.
Return to training immediately.
If you cannot learn Rising Dragon Technique,
all will be lost.
[calm music]
Ahem, uh, Sorceress?
Please, call me Gandalaria.
Of course.
Gadull-- Gandollar, uh...
Sorceress, we came because we gotta protect Bonzle.
Scary Wolf Mask people are after her
so their Lord Ras can use her
to unleash evil on the Merged lands.
Okay, now I might've been getting a little slow
on the uptake for the last couple of hundred years,
but what's a Bonzle, or a Lord Ras?
I'm Bonzle. That's the name I chose when I became a person.
Well, that's a splendid name.
Lord Ras is a villain we Ninja have faced before.
He is determined to free the Forbidden Five.
The foes I created Bonzle to banish?
-Exactly. -Ah, pfft, then no problem.
They're gone, exiled, never able to return.
-You're certain? -Of course.
First off, it'd take a whole complicated ritual
that no one remembers how to do,
and second, it could only be done under a Blood Moon,
and those happen like once a millennium.
It appears we have bad news.
The details of the ritual were recovered by Lord Ras
from the Cloud Kingdom archives.
And the Blood Moon is coming soon.
Oh. Oh!
Yes, that does change things.
If this Ras times it right,
reversing the power of the spell--
uh, Bonzle here--
I suppose he could very well free the Five.
And from what we understand,
if they get loose, they could conquer everything.
Conquer? More like obliterate!
You mustn't allow them to be freed!
We hoped you would know a way
to keep Bonzle safely out of Ras' hands
until the Blood Moon passes.
Before I moved into this new place, I used to wander the lands.
I keep most of my materials in storage.
So you have nothing to help us with?
Well, not here, but I certainly do in my storehouse.
It's in a land called the Wyldness.
It'll be quite a journey on foot.
Good news. We've got our fastest dragon
parked right outside.
Ooh, how delightful!
I haven't ridden on dragonback for a century!
[gate thudding]
[Cole] Did the Wolf Masks follow us here?
I do not believe they would knock.
However, it would be wise to discover who is outside
before we open that gate.
If it's a snail merchant, ask about the ones with wings!
Unfortunately, it is not.
Attention!
My name is Agent Roderick Allen, and this is my partner,
Agent Underwood.
By the all-encompassing authority of The Administration,
we hereby demand you open this door!
We're after the stolen equipment known as Zane,
who illegally fled from us!
Cole, have I mentioned that I was briefly kidnapped
by a society of bureaucrats from the Land of Madness
who forced me to work in their mail room,
where I introduced efficiencies that raised
delivery accuracy by nearly 9%?
Are you serious?
Yes, nearly 9%.
I feel I could have gotten it to ten,
but Lloyd and Arin rescued me before I could finish.
Bureaucrats? Pfft!
Probably wouldn't even make good slugs then.
-[intense music] -[Kai's Spinjitzu whirring]
[Kai yelps]
[groans] Come on!
This is impossible! It's too much!
Did I not tell you it would be impossible?
Rising Dragon Technique is not for those lacking in spirit.
Who are you saying lacks spirit? Me?
You better not be talking about me.
So quick to anger.
It is no surprise you cannot find harmony
with the universe's motion.
What if we did this drill together?
What?
You say Rising Dragon Technique
is about finding harmony with everything,
which means harmony with each other, right?
It does.
Then, let my brother and I try this together.
That is unprecedented,
but I don't have a problem with it.
Though it will most likely end in failure.
What are you doing? I can do this myself, Nya.
So far, you're doing better than any of us,
but I know what's holding you back.
-What? -You. Stop thinking about you.
Start thinking about Counter Shot.
The game we made up in Dad's blacksmith shop?
[chuckles] Wow, miss those days.
Just fun, not having to worry about saving the world.
And who was your best Counter Shot partner?
[Egalt] Begin!
[Spinjitzus whirring]
[epic music]
[epic music continues]
[Kai whooshes]
[horseshoes clang]
-[Spinjitzus whirring] -[targets clang]
[epic music builds]
[horseshoes whooshing]
-[epic music continues] -[pots breaking]
[boulders breaking]
[epic music continues]
[dragon roaring]
-[epic music building] -[dragon whooshing]
[epic music climaxes then fades out]
-[dragon roars] -[explosion booms]
[gasps] I did it! I did it!
Nya, thank you so much!
Ohh, you were so right!
[all cheering]
-[Riyu roars] -Good job, buddy!
Kai is now officially a Third Fang Ninja.
When you first arrived, I was skeptical.
But I had become old and tired, without inspiration,
and it was clear I misjudged you.
You are worthy students
and have given this old dragon the spark of hope
that Rising Dragon Technique will be passed on.
What's wrong with the sky?
Oh, no.
[ominous music]
[dramatic music]
The Blood Moon is here.
Come on! We have no time to waste.
Help the rest of us learn how to do Rising Dragon Technique.
We cannot. I'm sorry.
We hoped we had more time,
but the Blood Moon is also a bane for us.
May the Source Dragons be on your side.
[dramatic music continues]
Excuse me. We have some rather pressing matters to attend to.
Would it be easiest for my allies here if I just surrendered?
Technically, you can't surrender, only people can.
You're a robotic Nindroid,
so you're classified as equipment, not personnel.
Which means you'll be decommissioned
in our incinerator.
But that will kill him!
Correction, it would kill him, if he were a person.
But he's just equipment, so no big deal.
But if I turn myself over, my friends can go free?
Nope. Don't you know Addendum 47-A?
Anyone assisting a known fugitive
shall be punished under the strictest guidelines.
Not much room for misinterpretation there.
Whatever. Let's just get on our dragon and go, everyone.
Nice try, but your dragon's currently impounded.
[Jiro roars]
[Cole] Hey! Let Jiro go!
We can discuss it on the way to the incinerator.
Breach this wall!
Halt!
Where is your 35-C91 form,
designating approved intent to breach a wall
or barricade on foreign soil?
Did you just make that up?
No. My work in the mail room afforded me
much access to handbooks.
My knowledge of their regulations is vast.
[groans] Intent to breach water. Intent to breach walrus.
Ah, here it is! Intent to breach walls.
Ugh, he's right. We need forms!
[groans] Okay, give us a minute.
We'll get right on the paperwork.
Man, none of this stuff is Administration-approved,
and you brought them right to my door!
-[cat yowls] -Not cool!
We passed through the Land of Madness to get here.
I should have realized they would be scanning for me.
This is all my fault.
No. We're in this together.
[Agent Underwood] There's your 35-C91! Hmm!
This doesn't have the mandatory 5-21z appendix.
Unacceptable.
[Agent Allen] Ugh, he's right again!
Who's got a copy of the appendix?
I know what to do! I'll weave an intricate escape spell.
How long will that take?
Only two to three days.
That might be too long.
[Agent Allen] Appendix attached, you scofflaw.
This is done correctly...
-Told you. -...but not in triplicate.
-[Agent Allan screams] -[gate thuds]
Bonzle, hide in the passages under this place.
Sprite will guide you.
Thanks, Sprite. But what are you gonna do?
I'm going to fire up my crystal ball!
I'm not sure offering to read their fortune is gonna help.
It's not that kind of crystal ball.
-[ominous music] -[gate crumbles]
There's your triplicate right there!
[blasts blaring]
-[crystal ball surging] -[Sorceress laughing]
-[intense music] -[mech assembling]
[mechs clanging]
[blasts blaring and connecting]
-[crystal ball surging] -[Sorceress cackling]
[sighs] Everything's so dark down here, Sprite.
Are you sure there'll be a safe place to hide?
-[blast lands] -[Agent Walker] Attention!
[mysterious music]
My name is Agent Jay Walker!
By the all-encompassing authority of the Administration,
I hereby demand your surrender!
[dramatic music]
[closing theme music playing]